All Building articles in 12 July 2019
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Housing Design Awards 2019: The winners
This year’s completed scheme winners and the Housing Design Awards 2019 overall winner
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Building podcast: Julie Hirigoyen, CEO at UKGBC on construction's relationship with climate change; advice on Letters of Intent
Listen on our website here or on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or your preferred podcast app
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Wakey-wakey: we must face up to this construction skills crisis
The skills shortage is already crippling construction yet the government seems comatose in the face of the impact a no-deal Brexit will have on recruitment
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5 minutes with… Dave Sheridan, executive chair, Ilke Homes
Dave Sheridan tells Building about parmos, the Sydney Opera House, and Middlesbrough
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Housing Design Awards 2019: Uncompleted scheme winners
This year’s winners take a smart approach to densification that shows how to provide quality living space in constrained sites
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From the archive: 2013 - A new way to get old
Building recalls a care home in the Netherlands described as a “septuagenarian Willy Wonka-esque dream”.
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Roundtable: Gathering speed - the future of infrastructure
As Londoners’ views on the city’s infrastucture were revealed in a new report, industry experts gathered to discuss the future of infrastructure
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Sketch of the week: Church Square, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Emily Anastasi, architectural assistant at Fuse Architects
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Tech could finally make new homes sexy
Tech is a major attraction of new homes, but the stigma of perceived poor build-quality is still there
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What construction can learn from the gaming industry
We need to learn a lesson from Mario and jump right in and collect our gold coins.
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Construction industry gossip: Epic journeys
Nobody could stay still this week – from flying visits to noble endeavours in the Shropshire hills and Spiderman-like feats of dexterity
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Image of the week: Astronomical feat
Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, at the vanguard of astronomical research since 1945, has been added to the Unesco world heritage list
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International salary survey 2019
This year’s Hays International Salary Survey shows juicy opportunities in several regions – but UK professionals aren’t biting yet
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Case in focus: JJ Rhatigan & Co (UK) Ltd vs Rosemary Lodge Developments Ltd
Ted Lowery considers a case in which the adjudicator appeared to have ignored a witness statement
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Was moving into support services to blame for the recent troubles at Carillion, Interserve and Kier?
These major contractors blended their traditional work with support services and all recently got into big financial trouble. Coincidence?
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NEC4 Alliancing Contract: Let’s do this together
Sheena Sood examines how the NEC4 Alliancing Contract approaches project risks, liabilities, insurance and disputes
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Contractors in a fix
Contractors are in a Catch-22 situation – they need to invest to modernise – but must modernise to invest